KABUL - Afghanistan's former Jihadist leaders have been killed over the years by "special circles" in the government who are cooperating with the Taliban, the leader of the Afghanistan National Front (ANF) has said.

Ahmad Zia Massoud used his speech on the second anniversary of the death of Gen Abdul Rahman Sayed Khili to warn that Afghanistan has Taliban loyalists in its political and military arms who have helped kill former Jihadi leaders such as Khili.

"You saw how many of our leaders were killed in the past five years? The Taliban in cooperation with special circles in the government killed them," Massoud said at the gathering in Parwan province on Monday.

"If the Taliban come to the power once more, believe me, they will kill all who had a part in Jihad [against them]," he added.

Khili was the police chief of northern Kunduz province when he was killed in a suicide attack March 2011 in the province.

Defence Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi also spoke at the commemoration and called for unity.

"All Afghans shared in the Jihad period. We are a great nation and we are all brothers," he said.

Massoud also said that the Taliban are often given better roles in politics.

"There are some contradictions in the government which again will see us put the country in political and economic isolation. The government wants a strong presence of Taliban in political and military matters," he said.

National Coalition leader Dr Abdullah Abdullah said that there are concerns among the former Jihadists of such plots against them.

"The people are really worried about what will happen and what plots are going to be made against them," he said.

Afghanistan's government repeatedly blamed Pakistan as being a safe haven for insurgency in the region, but rarely do political leaders talk openly about the Taliban supporters in the Afghan government ranks. (Tolo News)